BTS | Table 1-41: U.S. Ton-Miles of Freight

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Table 1-41: U.S. Ton-Miles of Freight

(Millions)

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	1960	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Air carrier, domestic, all services^a	553	1,353	2,709	3,470	4,528	5,156	9,064	8,860	9,820	10,675	11,803	12,520	12,861	13,601	^R13,840	14,202	14,983	13,288
Intercity truck	285,000	359,000	412,000	454,000	555,000	610,000	735,000	758,000	815,000	861,000	908,000	921,000	972,000	996,000	1,027,000	1,093,000	U	U
Class I rail^b	572,309	697,878	764,809	754,252	918,958	876,984	1,033,969	1,038,875	1,066,781	1,109,309	1,200,701	1,305,688	1,355,975	1,348,926	1,376,802	1,433,461	1,465,960	U
Domestic water transportation
Coastwise	U	302,546	359,784	315,846	^d631,149	610,977	479,134	502,133	502,311	448,404	457,601	440,345	408,086	349,843	314,864	292,730	283,872	U
Lakewise	U	75,918	79,416	68,517	61,747	48,184	60,930	55,339	55,785	56,438	58,263	59,704	58,335	62,166	61,654	57,045	57,879	U
Internal	U	109,701	155,816	180,399	227,343	232,708	292,393	289,959	297,639	283,894	297,762	306,329	296,791	294,023	294,896	304,724	302,558	U
Intraport	U	1,638	1,179	1,222	1,596	1,102	1,087	968	950	922	1,293	1,350	1,475	1,378	1,381	1,362	1,490	U
Total domestic water transportation^c	U	489,803	596,195	565,984	^R921,836	892,970	833,544	848,399	856,685	789,658	814,919	807,728	764,687	707,410	672,795	655,862	645,799	U
Oil pipeline	229,000	306,000	431,000	507,000	588,200	564,300	584,100	578,500	588,800	592,900	591,400	601,100	619,200	616,500	619,800	617,700	U	U
TOTAL	1,562,000	1,854,000	2,207,000	2,285,000	2,989,000	2,949,000	3,196,000	3,233,000	3,337,000	3,364,000	3,527,000	3,648,000	3,725,000	3,682,000	3,710,000	3,814,000	U	U

KEY: R = revised; U = data are not available.

^a Includes freight, express, and mail revenue ton-miles as reported on U.S. DOT Form 41.

^b Revenue ton-miles.

^c Excludes intraterritorial traffic, for which ton-miles were not compiled.

^d Reflects startup between 1975 and 1980 of Alaska pipeline and consequent water transportation of crude petroleum from Alaskan ports to mainland United States for refining.

NOTE: Domestic water transportation numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

SOURCES:

Air carrier, domestic, all services:

1960-65: Civil Aeronautics Board, Handbook of Airline Statistics, 1969 (Washington, DC: 1970).

1970-80: Ibid., Air Carrier Traffic Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), p. 2, line 3.

1985-2001: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, Air Carrier Traffic Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), p. 2, line 3.

Intercity truck:

1960-99: Eno Transportation Foundation, Inc., Transportation in America, 2000 (Washington, DC: 2001), p. 12.

Class I rail:

1960-2000: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: 2001), p. 27.

Domestic water transportion:

1965-2000: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce of the U.S. (New Orleans, LA: Annual issues), part 5, section 1, table 1-4, and similar tables in earlier editions.

Oil pipeline:

1960-70: Eno Transportation Foundation, Inc., Transportation in America, 1998 (Washington, DC: 1998), p. 44.

1975: Association of Oil Pipe Lines, Shifts in Petroleum Transportation (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table 4.

1980-99: Ibid., Shifts in Petroleum Transportation (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table 1.